From: Chris Koeritz <cak0l@virginia.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 14:00:24 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: minor doc added
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.131^2~3
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bb73b3c4702b9e1751d2b94cd3bfdebfc2b8746c

minor doc added
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diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index c5a4f87d..463be9e0 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
   # makes the status of pipe number N (passed as first parameter) into the
   # main return value (i.e., the value for $?).  this is super handy to avoid
   # repeating the awkward looking code below in multiple places.
+  # the numbering starts at zero, for the first item at the head of the pipe.
   function promote_pipe_return()
   {
     ( exit ${PIPESTATUS[$1]} )